Development of curriculum on food education by using opportunity of school lunch

2003年至2005年，本项目组织了以小学、初中、高中为成员的课题组，每年召开食品教育课程开发会议，项目成果归纳为三类：一类是小学类：(1)土壤与蚯蚓关系类课程。让一年级和二年级的学生了解土壤的功能。(2)在学校水田里种植水稻课程。这门课教五年级的学生如何用种子种水稻。通过不使用化肥和农药，学生可以了解水稻的生长过程。(3)水稻种植和使用稻草课程。特别是稻草利用项目，主要是研究如何利用稻草制作纳豆，以及如何利用稻草造纸。学生学习传统知识第二种类型是在中学(1)学习社会研究、地理研究日本食物自给自足和全球食物问题的课程。本课程是学习种植大豆、大豆制作豆腐的课本和经验。(2)学校午餐课程。学生学习如何烹饪学校午餐的菜单。三种类型是关于高中和大学的课程。(1)高中宿舍的学校午餐课程。(3)大学生专题讲座的课程。这教会了他们食物和人类生活方式之间的关系。通过开发这些课程，我们清楚地认识到，利用学校午餐进行食物教育是了解什么食物对生活如此重要的最容易的机会。

From 2003 to 2005, our project organized study group of which members are Primary school, middle school, high school.In every year, the meeting of developing curriculum on food education, have been held.The result of this project were concluded three types as bellows.First type was on primary school.(1) Curriculum on the relationship between soil and earthworm. This teach first and second year grade students to understand the function of soil.(2) Curriculum on growing rice in the school paddy fields. This teach 5^<th> years grade students how to grow the rice from seed rice. Students can understand the process of rice growing by not using chemical fertilizer and pesticide(3) Curriculum on growing rice and using rice straw. Especially, using rice straw program is to study how to make natto using rice straw and to study how to make paper from rice straw. Students study the traditional knowledgeSecond type was on middle school(1) Curriculum on social study, Geography to study Japanese food self-sufficiency and Global food issues. this curriculum is to study text book and experience of growing soy beans, making tofu from soy beans.(2) Curriculum on school lunch. Students study how to cook the menu of school lunch.Third type was on high school and University(1) Curriculum on school lunch in high-school dormitory.(3) Curriculum on special lecture for university students. This teach them the relationship between food and human life style. Through developing these curriculum, we clear that food education by using school lunch is easiest opportunity to understand what food is so important for life.